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Covid-19 and model collecting

Welcome to the latest Scale Autos. With lockdown restricting movement recently, it has dramatically increased online business, so internet dealers have generally done well from the pandemic. It has, however, prevented me borrowing models from my wholesale warehouse. They’ve thankfully remained open throughout the crisis with a skeleton staff, but without personal visitors, including both trade customers and reviewers, like me, with the privilege of borrowing stock for magazine articles. However, they tell me that I can order

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